80 maconmagazine.com | DECEMBER/JANUARY 2023
THESE PUPS ARE
FOR BONDING
BY JAMI GAUDET
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE YOUNG
This is a tale of man's best friend, of Maconites who opened their homes and hearts to stray dogs who badly needed both.
It's the story of Bondable Pups, an innovative law enforcement initiative doubling as a pet adoption program that pairs
homeless dogs with Bibb County inmates serving time for low-level criminal offenses who care for, train, and prepare
the dogs to become cherished family pets with assistance from young people at Macon's Regional Youth Detention
Center (RYDC), an arm of the Georgia Juvenile Justice System.
